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Louis XIV came out of the womb
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Louis XIV becomes leader in 1643
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from 1648 to 1653, violent anti-Mazarin because riots tore France apart
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In 1660, France had about 20 million people. This was four times as many as England and ten times as many as Dutch republic.
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Mazarin died in 1661 which led to Louis XIV to take control of the government and he weakened the power of nobles by excluding them from his councils
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In 1667, just six years after Mazarin's death, Louis invaded the Spanish Netherlands in an effort to expand France's boundaries
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in 1685, he canceled the Edicts of Nantes, which protected the religious freedom of Huguenots.
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The costly war dragged on until 1714. The Treaty of Utrecht was signed in that year. Under it's terms, Louis's grandson was allowed to remain King of Spain so long as the thrones of France and Spain were not united
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He died on September 1, 1715 in his bed
